Meanwhile, our time spent on the clock appears to be dwindling. Americans worked or commuted to work 3 hours and 32 minutes a day (including weekends) in 2015. That's 10 minutes less than 2005 and four less than in 2014. That figure is slightly skewed when you take only weekdays into account -- it rises to 8 hours and 8 minutes working or getting to their jobs, which is actually a five-minute increase from 2005.